Patterson gets gun-happy. Again.

GOP Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson – who recently offended Democratic agriculture commissioner candidate Hank Gilbert by joking about shooting him – hasn’t toned down his gun-loving ways as a result.

A Patterson radio ad this week entitled “This Ain’t D.C.” features the voice of “a Washington D.C. snob outlining the elite values found in our nation’s capital,” as the campaign describes it. “The liberal litany ends in a gunshot.”

Yes, it does.

“Here in D.C. we prefer roast duck over barbecue,” starts the ad, ending with, “Here in D.C., we abhor guns. They’re not allowed, and we feel safe.”

Then comes the gunshot, followed by Patterson introducing himself.

“This ain’t D.C.,” Patterson says. “In Texas, we believe big government is the problem, not the solution. We believe the second amendment is the foundation of our freedom … (ellipsis) I want your vote because it’s time somebody said we’re fed up and ready to stand our ground. This is Texas.”

Patterson spokesman Mark Loeffler said the ad was made about a week before Patterson joked to GOP Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples about Gilbert, “I think I would have shot him by now.”

Asked whether the ad was meant to convey Patterson shooting someone, Loeffler said, “You hear a gunshot in the middle of the ad. You can make any assumption you want about the gunshot.”

The ad puts a distinctly Patterson twist on this year’s run-against-Washington theme favored by the GOP.

“He’s right. It ain’t D.C. But it also ain’t part of his job,” said Harold Cook, spokesman for Democratic land commissioner candidate Hector Uribe. Cook added of Patterson, “The man the man has a schtick, and he sticks to his shtick.”